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NGC 5920 (also UGC 9822 and PGC 54839) is a magnitude +13.6 lenticular galaxy located 624 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. 

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 30th March 1887.

Right Ascension 15h 21m 51.8s, Declination +07° 42' 32"



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